News > Zelda: Twilight Princess receives new control scheme
August 21, 2006
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It appears that Nintendo's Twilight Princess team has made some major changes with how players will control the Wii-specific version. Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream was again privileged enough to speak with Shigeru Miyamoto about the project, and he revealed some eye-opening revelations.
At E3 this year, those that were lucky enough to go hands-on with the Wii demo had to use the B button to swing Link's sword. Nintendo has claimed that players would eventually get tired using the remote controller in that fashion. However, it seems like the TP developers have had a change of heart.
"Upon actually playing it, it's more interesting this way," says Miyamoto.
But that's not the only thing. Since the Wii-mote will now actually be used to swing that beautiful blade, the B button is free. In the E3 demo, players aimed Link's trusty bow with the Wii controller and fired the arrow with the D-Pad. Apparently Miyamoto felt doing it that way was too difficult, as holding the B button makes it feel a bit more natural.
We don't know at this time whether or not both control schemes will be available for players that wish to try each. Nintendo Dream also asked Nintendo's legend whether he prefers the Wii version of the game or the current generation console's. Miyamoto states that he would play the Wii over the GameCube iteration, but emphasizes that both are enjoyable.
"I can't talk about it yet, but this Zelda has a lot to it," said Miyamoto. "What you played at E3 was just the tip of the nail." When asked whether or not he feels this will end up being the best Zelda ever created, he said, "Yes. It's coming along quite nicely."
